Corn: Seedcorn Beetle (Agonoderus lecontei and Clivina impressifrons)

Excerpt from Chapter 2, Field Crop Protection Guide, Order this publication

Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Integrated Pest Management Options
3. Related links...

Description

Seedcorn beetles are small, brown ground beetles, less than 1 cm (1/3 in.) long, that are primarily predators of small insects but may feed on the germinating corn seeds under slow emergence.

Beneficial ground beetles look very similar to seedcorn beetles but are usually larger.

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Integrated Pest Management Options

Risk factors: no-till, backwards spring, slow emergence conditions.

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Related links...

• Agronomy Guide for Field Crops - Publication 811
  • Corn: Seedcorn Beetle
• Insect
• Corn

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